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SHOE CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED APB. 1, 1911.

` Patented Jan. 16, 1912.

Illllllllllllllllly TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARD G. MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 0l? ONE-THIRD. TU [JOHN YOUNG, vOli? MANSFIELD, OHIO.

SHQE'FCLEANER.

inlener.,4

Specification of Letters Patent.

applicati@ mea April 1', 1911.

PatenteJamf16,.19,jl2. Serial No. 618,428.

770411Z 'whom z''may concern:

Be it known that I?, WARD G. CALLENDER, a. citizenf of the Uni-ted States of America, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Riehland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shoe cleaningI devices, by means of which mud' or other foreign'matter may be scraped from the bottom ofi the heel and sole of a boot or shoe, and. brushed from the edges of the heel and'- sole, and? sides of the vamp simultaneously.

It is evident that if. shoe cleaners ofthe character indicated' are 4 provided with screws, clamps, orl other fastening' means to hold the brushes in yieldingy or ixed relation to each other, all of these will necessarily increase the cost, and render very difcult the replacing of the brushes when worn.

The objects of my invention are, therefore, to providea: shoe. cleaner of extremely simple, eflicient and durable construction, and in which the brushes may be very easily and quickly replaced when' worn. These and other objects are attained by the mechanism hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of myv improved shoe cleaner. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation, on line af-aof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top' plan View with the brushes removed. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective, showing a modification of the construction of the scraperplate and brush-holders. Fig; 6 is a perspective view showing another modification of the construction of the scraper-plate and brush-holders.

Inthe drawings, reference numeral 1 indicates a scraper-plate, preferably having its upper edge beveled or wedge shaped as shown at 2 in Fig. 3, and which is provided at each end with the flange portions or supporting feet 3 and 4, having apertures 5 formed therein, by means of which the device may be. supported and securely held inlace across the end of a porch step or other esired place. The scraper-plate 1 is alsoy brushes 8 andV 9: The brush-holders 6 and 7 have a portion of their innerwalls 10 cut away, leaving the laterally projecting rib portions 11 and 12; the lower extremities 1.3 and 14 of the brush backs beingy adapted' to seat in the space thus formed between the flange portions 11 and 12 and? outer wall 15,' and sides 16 of the brush-holders 6: and r7.

The bristlesv 17 of the brushes 8 and 9 pro-` lject inwardly through. the space formed betweenl the rib portions 11' and 12,. and over the adjacent ends of the scraper-plate 1,' the said bristles 'approaching /each other" to within a distance substantially' equal tothe width of a medium size boot or shoe.- A

The brush-holders 6y and 7 are formed to a suitable size to-closelyv fit'the outer perimeter of. the brush` backs, which are adapted tot be' It will be evident that the bristles in the I lower parts of the brushes, or those which lie close to the scraper-plate will receive the most wear, and in order to facilitate wearing the bristles in the upper portion of the i brushes when those in the lower portion Vare worn, the brushes may be reversed, that is, turned end forend in the brushholders. In the modication shown in Fig. 5 vth-e scraper-plate 1 is formed of a rectangular iece ofsheet metal, such as .rolled steel, being cut to the desiredv length, while lthe brush-holder 6 as shown, maybe stamped and formed from a single piece of the same material. The said brush-holder being provided with the inwardly projecting flan-ge portions A17 and 18, between which the scraper-plate 1 is rigidly secured by means of through going screws or rivets 19.

In the use of my improved shoe cleaner, the shoe is drawnacross the scraper-plate 1, and between the brushes 8 and 9, thus scraping the mud or otherl foreign matter from the bottom of the heel and sole, and brushv single ing the edges of the said lheel and sole, as

well as' the sides of the' counter and vamp simultaneously. It will be evident of course, that if the shoel is of small size it will be necessary to draw ,the said shoe across the scraperh'plate, first with one side in contact with .the bristles of the brush 8, and again with .the other side in contact with the bris tles ofthe brush 9. It is also obvious that it will be necessary to properly manipulate the foot, that is, turn it to one side or the other in order to brush the rear part of the heel and front of the toe of the shoe.

While I .have shown and described the preferred construction, with a single modification. of my improved shoe cleaner, yet it is evident that further modifications may be made in the construction without departing from the spiritjand vscope of my invention; for instance the brush holders and scraperplate may be stamped and formed from a piece ofvsheet metal, as shown by Fig- 6- vHaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1; A. shoe cleaner comprising a pair of hollow. open topped brush-holders, supporting feet, and a scraper-plate; all. integral, a' brush carried by each brush-holder, said brushes being removably secured in a Ivertically disposed position, and in a fixed 'rela-- tion to each other, at opposite endsof the said scraper-plate, said brush-holders projecting above said scraper-plate and being provided with'oppositely arranged openings through which the lower portion ofthe bristles of the said brushes project, so that they will lie over the -adjacent ends of the lsaid scrapenplate, substantially as described. f

2. A shoe cleanerl comprising a pair of hollow lopen topped brush-holders, supporting feet, and.- a scraper-plate, all integral, a

brush carried by each, brush-holder, the

the adjacent ends of the said scraper-plate,

the said brushes being reversible-in the said brush-holders, substantially as', and for the` l purpose set xforth.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WARD G.l CALLENDER.

v Witnesses:

JOHN L. YOUNG, v WILLIAM W.v AGKERMAN. 

